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Baku
International Currency Exchange - The Joint-stock Closed
Type Company "Baku Interbank Currency Exchange" (BICEX)
was founded on June 21, 1993 by the five biggest banks of
Azerbaijan Republic. The purposes of the BICEX are
the following : setting up regular exchange trading to carry
out currency operations; determining
the market exchange rate of the Azerbaijan currency (manat)
to foreign currencies; creating a mechanism for
inter-state settlements; providing convertibility of the
national currency; management and information service for
the currency operations;settlements of transactions made at
the BICEX both in national and foreign currencies; organization
and carrying out exchange trading and auctions with
interbank credits; organization
and carrying out exchange trading with securities;
depository servicing in the securities market; exchange
trading with futures.
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Brazilian
Mercantile and Futures Exchange - On October 26, 1917,
exporters, businessmen, and commodity producers founded the
São Paulo Commodities Exchange (BMSP). This was the first
Brazilian institution to offer forward trading. With the
passage of time, BMSP established a rich tradition in the
trade of agricultural commodities, especially coffee, live
cattle, and cotton. In July of 1985, the Mercantile &
Futures Exchange (BM&F) was founded. Trading sessions
commenced on January 31, 1986, and within a short time it
attained a position of respect among the world's major
futures exchanges by offering derivatives on varied
financial assets. On April 22, 2002, the BM&F Foreign
Exchange Clearinghouse initiated its activities.
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Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
- founded in 1973, revolutionized options trading by creating
standardized, listed stock options. Prior to that time,
options were traded on an unregulated basis and did not have
to adhere to the principle of "fair and orderly
markets". The quick acceptance of listed options
propelled CBOE to become the second largest securities
exchange in the country and the world's largest options
exchange. Today, CBOE accounts for more than 51 percent of all
U.S. options trading and 91 percent of all index options
trading.
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Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) -
The Chicago
Board of Trade is the leading agricultural and financial
futures and options exchange trading and treasury notes,
interest rates, spot & future foreign exchange contracts,
etc and agricultural products such as corn, soybean, wheat
etc via ace electronic trading, Eurex and open outcry. Provides
market news and details CBOT products, programs, and services.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange is an international marketplace
that brings together buyers and sellers of derivatives
products, which trade on its trading floors, on its GLOBEX®
electronic trading system and through privately negotiated
transactions. The Exchange offers futures and options on
futures in four basic product areas: interest rates, stock
indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The stock of its
parent company trades on NYSE under the symbol CME.
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Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE)
- HKEx
is the holding company of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited, Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited and Hong Kong
Securities Clearing Company Limited. It brings together the
market organisations which have transformed Hong Kong's
financial services industry from a domestically focused
industry to the global player it is today. HKEx went public in
June 2000 following the integration of the securities and
futures market. As a listed company, answerable to its
shareholders, HKEx competes vigorously for opportunities in
the region and around the world. It is a market-driven
business, operating business-driven markets.
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Marche a Terme Internationale de
France (MATIF) - Since
1986, MATIF has offered an extensive line of derivative
financial instruments that enable investors to actively manage
risks related to movements in interest rates. And to address
the needs of participants in European markets, it now proposes
a full range of euro-denominated futures and options on
interest rates, with maturities ranging from 3 months (3-month
Euribor) to 30 years (30-year E-Bond). In terms of
commodities, MATIF contributes to the development of the
farming and agribusiness sectors with its rapeseed and milling
wheat futures. It also designs and markets new products on a
regular basis as part of its expansion strategy.
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New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)
- The site includes a trader's corner, trader's library
(historical & reference information), industry specific
commodity reports. Offer US dollar index contracts, options
and futures..
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX)
- Philadelphia Stock
Exchange Website features latest market data, quotes, and
listings for stocks, equity options, sector index options,
LEAPS, and FLEX issues.
Includes market news, stock and options activity, information
about the PHLX and its publications, plus educational and
reference resources. Offers currency options and currency
futures.
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St.
Petersburg Futures Exchange - Premiere Russian exchange in
four markets: currency, government securities, corporation
securities, commodities and futures & options.
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Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE)
- SFE Corporation Limited listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange on 16 April 2002. SFE and its subsidiary companies
provide exchange-traded and over-the-counter (OTC) financial
services to institutions throughout the Asia-Pacific region
and globally. Fully electronic and with 24-hour trading
capability, SFE offers the financial market community trading
products for investment and risk management, disseminates
real-time and historical trading market data and provides
centralised clearing, settlement and depository services for
both derivative and cash products.
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Tokyo International Financial
Futures Exchange (TIFFE) - is a
membership entity, established in April 1989 under the
Financial Futures Trading Law of Japan. The purposes of TIFFE
are to provide a financial futures market and conduct clearing
services for its members and their customers. TIFFE has been
constantly characterized as the youngest and more innovative
exchange in Japan and has been making every effort to
strengthen its status and role as a mother market for Euroyen
futures and Yen-related interest-rate derivatives and to
introduce cutting-edge technologies and systems.
See Also :
The World Exchanges
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